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The Florfets^ Review 



Slptembeb 10, 1912. 



Sjifibrecht returned September 16 from 

 his auto trip north. 



The florists ' supply houses are having 

 the best season in their experience. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



WASHINGTON. 



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The Market. 



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Business was much' better last week 

 than it has been for some time, due to 

 the large amount of funeral work that 

 has fallen to the local florists. The 

 McLean funeral called for a large num- 

 ber of pieces and it is said that there 

 were more than 225 floral designs in the 

 McLean home, and that such a profu- 

 sion of flowers has not been seen in the 

 national capital in years. Orchids and 

 roses of all varieties, lily of the valley, 

 gardenias, stephanotis and carnations 

 were used in great quantities. Of the 

 designs purchased locally, J. H. Small & 

 Sons furnished the largest number. 



The Jewish holiday also boomed the 

 selling of flowers and a number of wed- 

 dings took place. Orchids are scarce 

 and are bringing from $9 to $12 per 

 dozen. Koses are constantly improving 

 in quality and are ranging in price from 

 $1 per hundred up. Carnations also are 

 in better shape, but there are few being 

 sent to the local market. Valley is 

 bringing $3 and $4 and is this week 

 moving well where last week it hung 

 fire. Gladioli are about over, although 

 some few are still to be had. New crop 

 eastern American Beauties are bringing 

 from $1 to $3 per dozen. 



Various Notes. 



Several importers have been in this 

 city the last few days for the purpose 

 of consulting with the Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board on matters concerning 

 the Simmons law for the regulation 

 of importations of nursery stock. There 

 are quite a number of the features of 

 this law that are not generally under- 

 stood and the board will be requested 

 to interpret them. 



The new home of the S. S. Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., 1216 H street, N. W., 

 is rapidly nearing completion and it will 

 not be long before the firm will be 

 located therein. The building has been 

 erected and all that is now needed is the 

 interior finishing and equipment. The 

 new store is one of the best of its kind 

 in this section; it will be fitted through- 

 out with every modem convenience. The 

 building is two stories high, but for the 

 present the company will utilize the 

 main and basement floors only. 



Jas. McHutchison and C. B. Knick- 

 man, of McHutchison & Co., New York, 

 were in town this week. Bobert Shoch, 

 with M. Rice & Co.; I. Bosnosky, with 

 H. F. Michell Co.; J. J. Gowdy, with H. 

 A. Dreer; Paul Berkowitz, of Bayers- 

 dorfer & Co., and S. S. Skidelsky, of 

 Philadelphia, have been calling on the 

 local trade. 



Adolphus Gude, of Gude Bros. Co., has 

 returned from a trip to Indianapolis, 

 where he attended the triennial conclave 

 of the Eoyal Arch Masons of North 

 America, being the delegate chosen by 

 the District of Columbia. Mr. Gude 

 stopped at a number of the large cities 

 on his return trip. 



William F. Gude is a member of the 

 committee of Washington business and 

 professional men who will aid the na- 

 tional committee in its work of creating 

 a world's permanent exhibition in this 

 city. C. L. L. 



PITTSBUBOH. 



The Market. 



Business is much more encouraging. 

 Stock of most kinds is improving and 

 the prices are the firmest they have been 

 this season. There are some fine roses 

 and a few -good carnations. Chrysan- 

 themums are limited in quantity, but 

 there are large supplies of asters. Gla- 

 dioli are dropping off and lilies are not 

 overabundant. Cattleya labiata and 

 Oncidium varicosum are coming in quan- 

 tities and are fine. There are always 

 enough good flowers in the market to 

 take care of all trade, and the prices, as 

 a rule, are satisfactory to all parties. 



Various Notes. 



Harvey ySheaf , manager for Mrs. E. 

 A. Williams, leaves this week for a trip 

 to Panama^He is a little late with his 

 vacation, but Mrs. Williams and the bal- 

 ance of the force are all settled down 

 to business and he feels he needs a trip 

 after what has been a good summer 

 as far as business is concerned. 



To Mr. and Mrs. John Sisley, of the 

 McCallum Co., a son, and to Mr. and 

 Mrs. W. B. Hall, of the A. W. Smith 

 Co., a daughter, and others to hear 

 from. 



Mrs. E. C. Ludwig, who has been ill 

 for some time, is still confined to bed. 



Sylvester Koval, who has been doing 

 landscape work in the east end, has 

 opened a flower stand in the Liberty 

 Market. 



Harry J. Hamm has his delivery truck 

 fitted up with illuminated signs. It 

 looks well at night and attracts con- 

 siderable attention. Mr. Hamm is one 

 of the progressive ones, always looking 

 for something new. 



Henry Meuschke is now a conspicuous 

 figure in the flower market. For some 

 years he has been known as a success- 

 ful grower, but as treasurer of the Lud- 

 wig Floral Co. he spends the greater 

 part of his time in the store. The firm 

 has been cutting some fine asters at its 

 farm at Mars, Pa., and is now arrang- 

 ing to grow everything in hardy flow- 

 ers that can be used for summer cut 

 blooms. 



Faulk Bros., of the north side, report 

 trade as making a better showing than 

 ever before so early in the season. By 

 close attention to business, these men 

 have built up a large trade, which is 

 still increasing. 



William Turner, of Wilkinsburg, Pa., 

 is another florist who thinks horses too 

 slow for the present day and is securing 

 autos to take their place. 



The florists who get their coal from 

 this market should have a good supply 

 on hand, as the car shortage is liable to 

 catch them asleep. Hoo-Hoo. 



NEW HAVEN, CONN. 



At the opening of the second annual 

 dahlia exhibition of the New Haven 

 Horticultural Society in Harmonie hall 

 September 12, John Slocombe won the 

 John N. Champion cup for scoring the 

 most points in competition with florists 

 frbm all over the state and the second 

 award went to Forbes & Keith Co., of 

 New Bedford. 



The awards were made by the exhi- 

 bition committee, consisting of Herbert 

 F. Clark, chairman; John H. Slocombe, 

 Frank E. Duffy, W. H. Beattie, A. W. 

 Davidson and Bichard Bell. 



In the professional dahlia class, prizes 



were awarded to John H. Slocombe, 

 Forbes & Keith, George H. Walker, 

 George L. Stillman, Thomas Bell, Fair- 

 field; Dkvid Kidd, North Haven. 



The S. H. Moore Co. prize for the 

 most meritorious exhibit went to Will- 

 iam Tricker, of Arlington, N.'"J. The 

 John Lewis Childs prize for gladioli 

 went to John H. Slocombe. ;• 



I '%EAND HAPTO, toC:^'* 



' S6«4 Iki^gdney Beorganlze. 



In order to take over the properties 

 of the Grand Bapids Greenhouse Co., 

 the capital stock of the purchasing 

 company, Beed & Cheney, has been in- 

 creased from $10,000 to $100,000 and the 

 reorganization of the corporation has 

 been effected. The officers remain as 

 before, with Charles L. Beed, president; 

 Carl W. Wiley, vice-president; H. J. 

 Cheney, secretary and treasurer. The 

 growing end of the business will be in 

 charge of President Beed, while Mr. 

 Cheney will tend to the selling depart- 

 ment. The business which Beed & 

 Cheney have taken over is the largest 

 spread of greenhouse glass in the state 

 of Michigan and has until recently been 

 in the hands of William H. Gilbert, who 

 has acted as receiver since the failure 

 of the Grand Bapids Greenhouse Co. The 

 property includes five acres on Burton 

 avenue, just outside of the city limits, 

 nine acres on Madison, eight on Alger 

 and twenty on South Division, south of 

 the city limits. On these sites are lo- 

 cated the various greenhouse plants, 

 with a total of about 225,000 square 

 feet of greenhouse glass, the largest of 

 the plants being on the Madison ave- 

 nue place. The work of putting every- 

 thing in shape for the coming season 

 will begin at once and in some of the 

 plants the heating apparatus will be 

 overhauled with the idea of securing 

 greater efficiency. Besides Mr. Beed 

 and Mr. Cheney, who are the principal 

 stockholders, the others who have taken 

 stock interests in the firm are Henry 

 Smith, the prominent florist of this city ; 

 John Wierenga and Peter Blanksma, 

 well known greenhouse growers of this 

 section. 



Besides operating the Grand Bapids 

 Greenhouse properties, the Beed & 

 Cheney organization will act as selling 

 agents for the Grand Bapids Growers' 

 Association. At the annual meeting of 

 the association, held September 9, it was 

 decided to continue to employ Reed & 

 Cheney in this capacity, which the lat- 

 ter firm has held for two years. The 

 Growers' Association also elected the 

 following officers for the coming year: 

 Eudolph Zant, president; Jerry Keyes, 

 vice-president; Vernon Gross, secretary 

 and treasurer. Several of the members 

 of the association have been enlarging 

 their plants this year and the associa- 

 tion will represent a materially in- 

 creased area of glass this winter. The 

 first plantings of lettuce and radish 

 have been made and there will be stock 

 ready for market shortly after the first 

 killing frost. 



Peter Blanksma, Bert N. Stiles and R. 

 Yonker, members of the Grand Rapids 

 Growers' Association, were in Roches- 

 ter recently, attending the convention 

 of the Vegetable Growers' Association 

 of America. 



Champaign, HL — J. E. Yeats has 

 opened a flower store in the Eggleston 

 music house. 



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